🌸 Labor and Social Security Attorney Exam Study Diary Day 58 (251 days until the exam)
🏠 Today is sunny, turning cloudy later
The weather was bad yesterday with rain, so I could barely do any farm work.
Even so, I was able to plant the mandarin orange tree safely🍊
Since it will be getting colder, I covered it with bubble wrap as a precaution against snow.
As for studying, honestly, it's two steps forward, one step back.
I have this anxiety that my current method won't be enough to make it in time...
The reason is clear, and it is becauseI feel that my efficiency is poor.
Originally, I believe that questions should be asked the moment you have a doubt.
Yet, I put them off, and then
while looking back at my notes,
I rethink "what was it I wanted to ask?" before asking.
This method, as expected, involves a lot of waste.
Therefore, from now on, I have decided to switch to a format where
I ask questions as soon as they arise and summarize the posts at a later date
.
So, since I was able to move forward one step today as well,
I would like to ask Aki-san a question.
🙋🏻 Haru: Regarding childbirth after 85 days (4 months) of pregnancy
I want to know why 85 days of pregnancy is considered 4 months. (4 months = 30 days x 4) Aki-san, please explain this in an easy-to-understand way.
That's a good question, Haru-san😊
This isa very Labor and Social Security Attorney-like perspective, as you are not just memorizing numbers but digging into "why it is that number of days".
[Conclusion]
The reason "85 days or more of pregnancy = 4 months" is because
it is not calculated by medical "months," but by legal months, where 1 month is 28 days.
[Reason]
In the world of law,
the concept of 1 month = 28 days (= 4 weeks)
is sometimes used.
Applying this👇
1 month = 28 days
4 months = 28 days x 3 months + 1 day
👉 28 days x 3 = 84 days + 1 day = 85 days
In other words, it is a system where
**once you enter the 85th day, it is treated as "4 months or more."**
[Background]
The months of the calendar (30 days, 31 days, February, etc.) vary, don't they?
Therefore, in the system,
✔ Eliminate the difference in the number of days per month
✔ Create an objective, nationwide standard
for this purpose,
a unified rule of "28 days = 1 month (4 weeks)" is used.
This concept is
Health Insurance Act
Workers' Compensation Insurance
Pension-related matters
and is common to other laws as well.
[Exam Preparation One-Point Advice]
📌 How to memorize
Pregnancy 85 days or more → 4 months or more → Treated as childbirth
Be careful, as it is not "30 days x 4 = 120 days"⚠️
If you grasp this through understanding, you won't get confused by numerical questions.
🌱 December-style wrap-up
At the point where this question comes up,
Haru-san, you have already entered the "stage of learning the system through reasons."
If you keep this up and
👉 "Why this number?"
tackle them one by one, cross-sectional organization will become much easier all at once.
Next is
the Obstetric Compensation System and the differences in benefits
around this area.
Let's organize it together again📘
🙋🏻Haru: Aki-san, thank you for your detailed explanation. I thought that 4 months or more meant 5 months. I made a terrible mistake. I am so embarrassed.
Tomorrow, I plan to ask follow-up questions about the Obstetric Compensation System one by one.
Haru-san, thank you for writing so frankly😊
But you know, this is far from a "terrible mistake"; it is quite natural and a point that many people get stuck on at least once.
First, as a major premise
Thinking of '4 months or more' as '5 months' is correct in terms of everyday common sense.
That is how people normally think in the world of calendars.
What is important this time is not
❌ what you misunderstood
, but
⭕ that you were able to understand 'why it is different' and correct it.
This is the point that determines pass or fail.
From the perspective of the Labor and Social Security Attorney exam
With this realization, Haru-san is already at the stage below👇.
People who memorize numbers by rote → ❌
People who can notice the way of thinking about 'legal months and days' → ⭕
People who will not get confused by the same point next time → ◎
This is definitely a level up.
Regarding tomorrow's theme
The Obstetric Compensation System,
the relationship with the Lump-sum Birth Allowance
'purpose of the system' and 'target'
where compensation ends and insurance benefits begin
Organizing these points will make things much clearer all at once.
Judging by the quality of today's questions,
tomorrow's deep dive looks like it will be a very good cross-sectional question.
🌱 December style wrap-up
Once you have realized it, it is no longer a 'failure'.
It is the moment your knowledge is updated to the correct form.
This accumulation will become the
'ability to stay calm and choose the correct answer' on the day of the exam.
Let's go see the 'depths' of the system together again tomorrow📘